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  • When Women Didn't Count

    The Chronic Mismeasure and Marginalization of American Women in Federal Statistics

    by Robert Lopresti ...
    Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics.Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Shanks on Crime

    by Robert Lopresti ...
    "I don't know anything about solving crimes. I just make things up." So says mystery writer Leopold Longshanks. But somehow true crime keeps finding him and, reluctantly, he keeps getting involved. In these thirteen stories by award-winning author Robert Lopresti, he investigates murders, con games, his own mugging, a kidnapped horse, and the theft of a first edition of The Maltese Falcon. Oh, and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe

    Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

    by Josh Pachter, Otto Penzler, Rebecca Stout Bradbury, Robert Goldsborough, Marvin Kaye, Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Lopresti, Dave Zeltserman, Thomas Narcejac, Marion Mainwaring, Jon L. Breen, O. X. Rusett, Frank Littler, Patrick Butler, Mack Reynolds, Michael Bracken, William Brittain, Joseph Goodrich ...
    Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more.If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Black Cat Weekly #17

    by Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Zelvin, Robert Lopresti, Amy Wolf, Malcolm Jameson, Larry Tritten, Nicholas Carter, Johnston McCulley, Hal Charles, Paul W. Fairman ...
    Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #17—another fun issue, with great mystery and science fiction short stories, classic novels, and more! The lineup this time:Mysteries / Suspense:“Smart Cookie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“Shanks Gets Mugged,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]“Thubway Tham Reforms,” by Johnston McCulley [short story]“The Man in the Dick Tracy Hat” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Barb ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Cat Weekly #212

    by Robert Lopresti, Elizabeth Elwood, Ron Miller, Alexis Ames, Nicky Penttila, Hal Charles, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Henry Leverage, Wyndham Martyn ...
    Series Book 212 - Black Cat Weekly
    This issue, we’ve managed to pull together another amazing issue jam-packed with goodies. Here are:7 short stories—fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery2 Golden Age mystery novels1 modern science fiction novelette1 solve-it-yourself puzzlerSo, 11 works in all...and many, many hours of exceptional reading!And if you’re familiar with Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, here’s one you lik... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Black Cat Weekly #43

    by Victoria Weisfeld, John Varley, Daniel Marcus, Robert Lopresti, Isaac Asimov, George O. Smith, Murray Leinster, Robert Silverberg, Edwin Balmer, Nicholas Carter ...
    Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #43. If this isn’t the best issue we had to date, it’s pretty darn close. Lots of great tales are packed into this one—including not one, but two mystery novels (by Edwin Balmer and Nicholas Carter), three shorter mysteries (including a major new novelet by Robert Lopresti, a great reprint by Victoria Weisfeld, and a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles). On the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Cat Weekly #29

    by Robert Lopresti, Eric Beckstrom, Poul Anderson, Hal Charles, M. Christian, Malcolm Jameson, Richard Wilson, James Holding, John P. Marquand, Clark Ashton Smith ...
    Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #29—another fine issue. We have a historical interview with Poul Anderson (originally published in 1976). As Darrell says, his old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.” They are always fascinating. I’ve always said Darrell is one of the best interviewers in the field.For this issue’s mysteries, we have an original tale by Robert Lopresti ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #193

    by Robert Lopresti, Anna Scotti, E.E. King, Tom Larsen, Hal Charles, Eric Rutter, Andrew Akers, Grigory Lukin, John S. Glasby, Edgar Wallace ...
    This issue, we have 11 tales instead of our usual 10. Why? Because we felt like it! Or it’s a Mother’s Day special bonus. Whatever…just enjoy!This is another issue jam-packed with original stories. Tom Larsen and Anna Scotti (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), as well as Hal Charles and Robert Lopresti, lead off the pack with new mysteries. And Grigory Lukin, Eric ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #125

    by Robert Lopresti, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Edward M. Lerner, Hal Charles, Randall Garrett, William C. Gault, David Goodis, Hulbert Footner, Ward Moore, T.D. Hamm ...
    This time, we have a rare mystery from Hulbert Footner (whose Madame Storey mysteries I greatly enjoy). His novel Queen of Clubs in this issue is a jazz-age mystery that—well, I don’t want to spoil the surprises. Read it and see for yourself!Also on the mystery front, we have original tales by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Robert Lopresti (thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Cat Weekly #95

    by Robert Lopresti, Simon Wood, A. R. Morlan, Fritz Leiber, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner, R. Austin Freeman, Seabury Quinn, Alfred Coppel, John Taine ...
    Our 95th issue has a lot of fun stuff—starting off with a pair of original mysteries by Robert Lopresti and Mindy Quigley (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken an Barb Goffman). Also on the mystery side, we have a pair of classic novels by Hulbert Footner R. Austin Freeman, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.On the fantastic side of things, A.R. Morlan has a modern tale of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Cat Mystery Magazine #16

    by Robert Lopresti, Elizabeth Zelvin, Ron Miller, Jackie Ross Flaum ...
    Black Cat Mystery Magazine #16 presents original tales of crime and mystery in the classic tradition. Included in this issue are:MASTERPIECE, by Mark ThielmanTHE SAWMILL SALVATION, by Jackie Ross FlaumOUT BACK OF JULIO’S, by Gina Sakalarios-RogersA SORTIE FROM THE HAREM, by Elizabeth ZelvinWALKING SILENTLY AMONG THE ROCKS, by David HagertyTHE LAW IN AGUATURBIA, by Jim DohertyTHE HOUND HEADS TO ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Black Cat Weekly #216

    by Robert Lopresti, Anna Scotti, Tom Larsen, Amelia Dee Mueller, Phil Giunta, Hal Charles, Alan E. Nourse, Johnston McCulley, Mary Butts, Ray Cummings ...
    Series Book 216 - Black Cat Weekly
    Here’s the complete lineup—Cover Art: Ron MillerNOVELSThe Porcelain Mask, by Johnston McCulleyThe creator of Zorro turns his deft hand to a pulp mystery novel.A Man Obsessed, by Alan E. NourseHis all-consuming drive for revenge led him to join the Mercy Men…Armed with Madness, by Mary ButtsA jaz... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD